The Nawaz Sharif Corruption Case: A Timeline

Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif was today arrested after being sentenced to 10 years in prison last week in one of the three corruption cases against him in the high-profile Panama Papers scandal.

Following is the chronology of the major events leading to his arrest:

April 4, 2016: The International Consortium of Investigative Journalism publishes the Panama Papers, exposing tax evasion by the world’s elite through off-shore accounts and shell companies. The documents include the name of the Sharif family.

April 5, 2016: Sharif sets up a judicial committee to investigate the allegations, denies charges.

April 26, 2016: Opposition parties reject the judicial commission set up by the government.